James K. Randall

June 16, 1929: James Kirtland Randall is born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, the only child of Edwin Templeton Randall, an editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Margaret Wright, a professional violinist.

1997: Two works by Lowell Liebermann are premiered on his 36th birthday: Nocturne no.5 op.55 for piano, in Carnegie Hall, New York, and Kontrapunktus for Japanese drums and orchestra op.52, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.